Learning Commons

ACADEMIC COACHING

An Academic Coach is someone who is there to support your overall success as a student. The ways an Academic Coach can help include:

• Building on academic skills such as time management, study tips, exam prep, note-taking methods, and strategies to improve your motivation
• Teaching you how to navigate your courses in talon
• Helping understand college policies and expectations
• Working on goal setting and accountability
• Providing information and connection to any resources or needed support services
• Listening to any concerns that you may have, then proactively helping to problem solve and find solutions
• Meeting on a regular basis for progress check-ins and ongoing support throughout the semester as needed

Schedule an appointment with Myranda Hadley, the Academic Coach at the Learning Commons.

2071 Cedar Hall, Main Campus
Walk-in times

Monday through Thursday in the Learning Commons from 9am - 4pm with Program Assistants

JoEllen, Maegan, and Monica

Could you benefit from learning new ways to study, proofread and edit your writing, or better prep for an exam?
STUDENT LINGO is an online series of on-demand student workshops covering these topics and more!

• Study Tips & Note-Taking Strategies
• Time Management
• The Revision Process
• Stress Management Techniques
• Setting & Accomplishing Goals
• Financial Literacy
• Exam Preparation
• Test-Taking Strategies

Student Lingo can be accessed through MyHub.

Time management

• Clockify article on time management techniques: https://clockify.me/time-management-techniques
• A favorite Pomodoro timer from Pomofocus: https://pomofocus.io/
• From Harvard Business Review on evaluating your time management: https://hbr.org/2020/01/time-management-is-about-more-than-life-hacks
• YouTube video from University of Buffalo on Time Management for College Students: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2g_o-hRBeMA
• YouTube from UNC Learning Center on 3 time management tips: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zu3oi6E0xfc
• ADHD specific: https://www.verywellmind.com/time-management-tips-20409
• Supporting ADHD time blindness: https://www.additudemag.com/losing-track-of-time-adhd/

Task initiation & executive functioning

• Goblin Tools, helps to break down tasks, estimate how long things will take, and compile to-do lists: https://goblin.tools/
• Ways to support working memory: https://www.additudemag.com/improve-working-memory/?srsltid=AfmBOopxYf5uN1Gqt6YMZlal0jvtK3-Rjt2cEQKQ5fSYU9eZmup_bgfr
• ADHD specific supports: https://www.additudemag.com/adhd-executive-dysfunction-how-to-be-more-productive-consistent/

Study strategies

• YouTube from KoiAcademy on 12 Ways to Active Recall: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSq-KGj_cnY
• YouTube from KoiAcademy on SQ3R: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hK0pJ7brAA
• YouTube from Memorize Academy on 6 Study Skills: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPxSzxylRCI&t=12s
• Knowt, a https://knowt.com/
• Math study strategies: https://calcworkshop.com/study-math/

Test taking & prep tips

• On exam day: https://www.intelligent.com/use-test-taking-strategies-on-exam-day/
• Common testing mistakes: https://www.skillsyouneed.com/learn/avoid-exam-mistakes.html
• YouTube from College Info Geek, 10 study tips for exams: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYWfiP7w5w0

Reading tips

• THIEVES from Iowa State: https://asc.dso.iastate.edu/files/documents/Reading--THIEVES%20Strategy.pdf
• Help with writer’s block from Purdue: https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/general_writing/the_writing_process/writers_block/index.html
• Tips on interrogating text from Harvard Library: https://guides.library.harvard.edu/sixreadinghabits
• Paraphrasing vs summarizing: https://www.mindtools.com/axggxkv/paraphrasing-and-summarizing
• AI reading extensions:
  • https://speechify.com/
  • https://www.naturalreaders.com/index.html

Mindset & motivation

• Building growth mindset: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNHas97iE78
• YouTube, growth vs fixed mindset from UNC Learning Center: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JfdoJxPjp1k&t=24s
• YouTube, 14 tips for motivation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1Qz5Wow-lk
• Self-advocacy: https://www.betterup.com/blog/self-advocacy

Apps to try

• Forest: https://www.forestapp.cc/
• Finch: https://finchcare.com/
• Habitica: https://habitica.com/static/home
• Opal: https://www.opal.so/
• Leechblock: https://www.proginosko.com/leechblock/
• MyStreaks: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.iamstreaking.streaking&hl=en_US
• Happier app: https://thehappierapp.com/
• Notability: https://notability.com/
• Remnote: https://www.remnote.com/

Great resources from other colleges

• The Learning Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: https://learningcenter.unc.edu/tips-and-tools/
• Academic Success Center, Iowa State University: https://asc.dso.iastate.edu/resources
• Learning at Iowa, University of Iowa: https://learning.uiowa.edu/students#accordion-item-986-2
• Center for Academic Success, Louisiana State University: https://www.lsu.edu/cas/student-resources.php
• Success at Exams, University of Guelph: https://guides.lib.uoguelph.ca/c.php?g=697429&p=5011757